
Shale gas a top British priority, minister says
London (UPI) Nov 13, 2014 - Putting full support behind the fledgling shale natural gas industry is the top priority for the British government, the British energy minister said Thursday.
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London (UPI) Nov 13, 2014 - Putting full support behind the fledgling shale natural gas industry is the top priority for the British government, the British energy minister said Thursday.
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London (AFP) Nov 13, 2014 - Royal Dutch Shell said Thursday that two 2008 oil spills in Nigeria were larger than earlier thought, ahead of a compensation court case in England's High Court.
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Washington (AFP) Nov 13, 2014 - US air strikes are beginning to choke off the flow of oil revenues to Islamic militants, cutting their income by several million dollars a week, a top US official said Thursday.
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Beijing (AFP) Nov 12, 2014 - China and the US agreed ambitious greenhouse gas emission targets on Wednesday, the White House said in a statement, with Beijing setting a goal for its emissions to peak around 2030.
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New York (UPI) Nov 12, 2014 - U.S. and global crude oil price indices moved lower in Wednesday trading after OPEC raised its outlook for world oil production moving forward.
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Washington (UPI) Nov 12, 2014 - An increase in natural gas production from U.S. shale basins should support export growth, but the economic benefits will be modest, the government said.
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Paris (UPI) Nov 12, 2014 - Breathing space in global crude oil markets ushered in by U.S. shale oil output doesn't mean the glut will last forever, the IEA said in a Wednesday report.
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College Park MD (SPX) Nov 11, 2014 - Researchers at the University of Maryland have invented a single tiny structure that includes all the components of a battery that they say could bring about the ultimate miniaturization of energy s
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London (AFP) Nov 11, 2014 - Leading world economies are spending $88 billion (71 billion euros) a year in fossil fuel exploration subsidies, sapping investment from low-carbon alternatives and increasing the risk of dangerous climate change, a report said Tuesday.
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Washington (UPI) Nov 11, 2014 - It's been 47 days since the U.S. average price for a gallon of gasoline increased, the longest streak in six years, motor club AAA said.
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